YouTube intros RealTime feature

YouTube has launched a feature called RealTime which lets you see which videos your friends are watching on the video-sharing website.

The feature is in beta and is being rolled out gradually, a YouTube spokesman told Web User.

Through a toolbar at the bottom right of the page, YouTube account holders will be able to see when their friends are also online and what they are watching.

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"YouTube RealTime will also present you with a history of their recent activities on the site and real-time notifications when they perform activities like commenting, favouriting, and uploading," YouTube's Ryan Junee said.

YouTube offered 100 sign-ups to the new service, with each person getting a further 25 invites.

The Google-owned site has also implemented changes to its homepage this week. The new layout gives greater prominence to 'spotlight videos', videos being watched right now and most-popular videos.